SPERI Blog
Sheffield Political Economy Research Institute
SPERI develops and promotes new analysis and understanding of contemporary capitalism, and the major economic and political challenges arising from it.
Latest posts
The dynamics of conflict and distance in financialised affordable housing
16 May 2023Speculation in affordable housing by an opaque investment community has produced new housing conflicts, but also new tactics among activists. This blog is the first in an upcoming series The Political Economy of Conflict by members of SPERI's Doctoral Researcher Network.
Worker resistance and the gig economy: lessons from the Sheffield courier strike
29 March 2023For eight months, platform workers in Sheffield organised the longest strike in the history of the gig economy. History and Politics student Christopher Leach spoke to striking platform workers as part of a Sheffield Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) project.
3 October 2022
European pressures manifestly constrain and shape national capitalisms, yet they are fragmented and differentiating, producing capitalist variegation rather than convergence.
29 September 2022
Paying for the energy price guarantee has highlighted a deep political cleavage around tax ideology. Reframing windfall as emergency will be critical to leverage a change in direction.
22 September 2022
The implementation of the macroprudential policy programme in individual countries has been remarkably uneven. A closer look at the importance of national growth models and housing systems for issues of financial stability helps us understand why.